Eligibility Module

Eligibility Module

The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.

Eligibility Module path is as follows:

Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module

Eligibility Module


Ignite Creation Date: 2025-12-26 @ 2:42 PM
Ignite Modification Date: 2025-12-26 @ 2:42 PM
NCT ID: NCT06487806
Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion Criteria: * Currently live in the United States * Have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime, smoke every day, and smoke ≥ 5 cigarettes a day * Are willing to quit smoking in the next 15 days * Have a cell phone number with an unlimited short message service (SMS) plan * Have a positive cotinine saliva test to indicate their smoking status * Speak fluent Spanish Exclusion Criteria: * Have a prepaid cell phone plan (pay-as-you-go plan) * Have a cell phone number that does not work and/or is registered to someone else * Have inadequate equipment/devices (i.e., webcam, speakers, mic) for participating in telehealth sessions via Microsoft Teams, Webex, or Zoom AND cannot meet in-person * Pregnant or breastfeeding persons (nicotine patches are not generally recommended to this groups since nicotine can affect fetal and neonatal brain development) * Contraindication for nicotine patches. Absolute contraindications include: severe eczema or serious skin conditions, allergy to nicotine patches, pregnancy, breastfeeding, heart attack in the past 2 months, ongoing angina, peptic ulcer disease, arrhythmia, or uncontrolled blood pressure. Potential contraindications include: stroke in the past 6 months, insulin therapy, and a current diagnosis of liver, kidney, or heart disease. Study participants reporting a potential contraindication will require approval from their primary care provider and/or other treating physician (e.g., psychiatrist) to use nicotine patches. If the request is denied or not returned in 2 weeks, potential study participants will be excluded from the study. * Current use of tobacco cessation medications * Current use of tobacco products other than cigarettes or electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) (i.e., (e.g., cigar, cigarillo, little cigar, pipe, Hookah) * Enrollment in another smoking cessation study
Healthy Volunteers: False
Sex: ALL
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Study: NCT06487806
Study Brief:
Protocol Section: NCT06487806